elcome to Beta Alpha Psi, the Iota Chi Chapter at California State Polytechnic University at Pomona chartered on March 3, 2000.  We are a professional fraternity dedicated to financial information professionals here at the university by opening doors and creating opportunities for our accounting, computer information system and finance students.

Beta Alpha Psi is the national scholastic and professional accounting fraternity founded in 1919. The primary objective of the fraternity is to encourage and give recognition to scholastic and professional excellence in the field of accounting and financial information reporting. This includes promoting the study and practice of accounting; providing opportunities for self-development and association among members and practicing accountants, and encouraging a sense of ethical, social, and public responsibility.

The emblem of the fraternity denotes the promise of the accounting profession. A rising sun signifies the profession as one rising even higher among economic activities. Crossed keys symbolize knowledge of accounting as a means of opening doors of the financial world. The letters Beta, Alpha, and Psi denote Scholarship, Social Responsibility, and Practicality, respectively.

Beta Alpha Psi is governed by a national constitution and bylaws. The governing body is the National Council. It consists of a Board of Directors and six Regional Directors. Operating authority and routine responsibility for the fraternity rests with the Board of Directors. The Board consists of nine accounting professors, the chairman of the National Advisory Forum, and two alumni representatives. The alumni representatives are chosen from recent graduates.

The Board establishes a program for chapter activities to serve as a guide and an incentive for chapter competition. The goal of chapter activities is to involve all members fully in chapter affairs. SUCCESSFUL CHAPTER OPERATION REQUIRES PARTICIPATION BY EVERY MEMBER IN ATTENDING MEETINGS, SERVING ON COMMITTEES, PARTICIPATING IN ACTIVITIES, AND STRIVING FOR ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE.

Information taken from the Beta Alpha Psi Objectives, Organizations, and Activities brochure.

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